§ MR. NORRIS (Tower Hamlets, Limehouse)asked Mr. Chancellor of the Exchequer, Whether negotiations are progressing with Foreign Powers with a view to place the sugar industries of this country upon a fair and reciprocal footing with regard to bounties; and, if he can hold out any hopes of a mutual understanding being arrived at?
§ THE UNDER SECRETARY OF STATE (Sir JAMES FERGUSSON) (Manchester, N.E.)The position of the question of the sugar bounties has not changed since the statement of the First Lord of the Treasury on February 17, except that we are inquiring of certain Governments, some of them for the second time, in regard to their willingness to take part in a Conference on the subject.